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The Arms Industry

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In a world marked by détente since the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, military spending has often been considered an adjustment variable in Western government budgets. SIPRI data shows that it has fallen on average as a percentage of GDP from over 4% over the period 1960 / 1986 to... 2.15% in 2018. However, the remilitarization of some regions has already contributed to bringing this percentage up from its low point. The return of international tensions, for example between China and the United States or Russia and the rest of Europe, marks a new turn in military spending.

The nationalist awakening of the former great empires - we are referring here to Russia and China - has been accompanied by substantial investments by these countries. In 2020, Russia devoted 4.3% of its GDP to military spending. China only 1.7%, but on a much larger GDP basis. Among the "Western" nations, only the United States (3.7%) and Israel (5.6%) are in the same situation. While relative spending declined until 2018, real spending in current dollars only increased, as the rapid growth in wealth over the past fifty years has made each point of GDP more valuable. Military spending was $700 billion in 1991 when the Soviet Union fell. Last year, it amounted to $1,929 billion. The thematic list below aims to capture the returns of publicly traded companies in the arms industry and defense at large.

Our selection

Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
622M +0.70%
Industrials
Other Shipbuilding
6.5B +2.10%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
39.35B +18.10%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
142B +8.96%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
11.39B +13.62%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
23.9B +6.39%
Technology
Other Software
404B -4.59%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
32.61B +2.55%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
42.86B +33.71%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
30.74B +22.06%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
28.69B +23.94%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
31.61B +29.80%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
31.34B -1.89%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
24.45B +6.00%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.82B +16.98%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.96B +3.58%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
14.62B +24.28%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
19.62B +8.17%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
23.93B +17.74%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
40.17B +3.34%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
86.4B +4.81%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
192B +4.23%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
48.71B +7.96%
Industrials
Other Business Support Services
4.09B +9.03%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
16.43B +23.09%
Technology
Other Electronic Equipment & Parts
4.67B +7.81%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
97.98B +7.90%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
9.78B +19.72%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
4.12B +27.62%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
81.89B +18.26%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
18.99B +20.20%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
62.42B +12.49%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
774M +7.17%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
150B +4.37%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.93B +10.90%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
44.08B +33.37%
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Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
4.97B +9.42%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
3.34B -4.27%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
96.04B +18.02%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
16.74B +8.98%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
263B +6.83%
Industrials
Other Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
5.89B +0.24%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
98.72B +17.23%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
714M +13.94%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
5.63B +10.37%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
137B +22.15%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
66.35B +20.83%
Basic Materials
Other Steel
8.28B +21.95%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.27B +13.11%
Industrials
Industrial Machinery
2.08B +27.85%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
1.45B +7.60%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.9B +20.10%
Industrials
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
7.74B +17.69%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
15.3B +27.23%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
80.12B +6.72%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
10.84B +42.40%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
18.64B +45.42%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.39B +28.59%
Technology
Other IT Services & Consulting
12.33B +21.18%
Technology
Other Semiconductors
1.52B +15.38%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
33.71B +24.07%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
22.84B +11.16%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
3.75B +18.21%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
6.7B +13.87%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
2.99B +25.26%
Industrials
Satellite Design & Manufacture
11.89B +19.28%
Industrials
Arms & Ammunitions Manufacturing
2.41B +2.29%
Industrials
Military Aircraft Manufacturing
24.37B +6.61%
Industrials
Other Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1.39B +3.29%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
12.11B +19.50%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
1.69B +11.66%
Industrials
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
192B +16.13%
Industrials
Other Aerospace & Defense
2.84B +19.52%
Industrials
Other Heavy Machinery & Vehicles
1.16B -13.94%

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